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CVE-2020-28025

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-28025 is an Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability affecting Exim versions prior to 4.94.2. A crafted DKIM-Signature header can exploit a flaw in how pdkim_finish_bodyhash validates bodyhash lengths, potentially leading to a leak of sensitive information from process memory. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity and high confidentiality impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness within the cybersecurity community.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.00, < 4.94.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:exim:exim:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0276 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exim.org / static/doc/security/CVE-2020-qualys/CVE-2020-28025-BHASH.txt
Third Party Advisory